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Kevin Walz, M.A.
I plan to complete my PhD by fall 2024, and will be looking for a PostDoc position from then on.
Education
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
PhD in Political Science
N/A
2021 - 2024
Thesis: Sequences of democratic erosion - agents, opportunity structures and patterns of autocratization (Supervisor: Professor Claudia Landwehr)
Julius Maximilians University Würzburg
M.A. in Political and Social Sciences (1,0 - ‘with distinction’)
N/A
2017 - 2020
Thesis: The development of welfare states in post-socialist Central Eastern Europe: A comparative study based on partisan theory (Adviser: Professor Hans-Joachim Lauth; grade: 1,0)
- Comparative Politics
- Democracy Research
- Welfare States
Julius Maximilians University Würzburg
B.A. in Political and Social Studies (2,2)
N/A
2012 - 2016
Thesis: Rational will formation and deliberative democracy: Is political self-determination in civil society possible? (Adviser: Professor Michael Becker; grade: 1,7)
- Normative Political Theory
- Comparative Politics
Research Experience
PhD student in Graduate Research Group Resilient Institutions
University of Mainz
N/A
2021 - 2024
- Development of theory-conceptual and empirical access to democratic resilience
- Empiric mixed-methods research on dissertation project
Professional Experience
Academic Assistant
Forum Soziale Bildung Benediktushöhe e.V.
N/A
2020 - 2021
- Organization and conduction of educational events
- Preparation of funding applications
- Networking with schools and associations
- Supervision of interns
Grants and Awards
PhD Scholarship
3-year PhD scholarship funded by the Gutenberg Council for Young Researchers of the University of Mainz
N/A
2021 - 2024
Teaching Experience
Theory and empiricism of democratic erosion
Instructor of advanced module course (B.A & M.Ed.) at University of Mainz
N/A
2022 - 2023
Tutorials on Introduction in Political Philosophy
Teaching assistant University of Würzburg
N/A
2018 - 2020
Tutorials on Introduction to Comparative Politics
Teaching assistant at University of Würzburg
N/A
2018 - 2020
Tutorials on Introduction to the Political System of the FRG
Teaching assistant at University of Würzburg
N/A
2018 - 2020
Publications
“Democracy - flexible, contestable or endangered?” Anniversary conference of the standing group ‘Demokratieforschung’ in the German Political Science Association (DVPW) on March 30 and 31, 2023
Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft
N/A
2023
Simon Bein, Dennis Kurrek, Kevin Walz.
A new game in town - Democratic resilience and the added value of the concept in explaining democratic survival and decline
IPP Discussion Paper Series
N/A
2022
Johannes Helgest, Lion Merten, Jana Niedringhaus, Matthias Rosenthal, Kevin Walz.
Work in progress
Sequences of democratic erosion
Book manuscript
N/A
Forthcoming
Kevin Walz.
Presentations and invited talks
Typologizing processes of autocratization: How to intergrate time, outcome, and context?
Presentation at the General Conference of the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR)
Prague, Czechia
September 2023
Kevin Walz.
Typologizing processes of autocratization: How to integrate time, outcome, and context?
Presentation at the Summer School on Electoral Democracy in Danger? organized by the Chair on Global Governance of the Sciences Po
Paris, France
July 2023
Kevin Walz.
Typologizing processes of autocratization: How to intergrate time, outcome, and context?
Presentation at the Workshop on Democracy in an age of autocratization organized by the Standing Group Political Regimes of the Italian Society of Political Science (SISP)
Milan, Italy
June 2023
Kevin Walz.
What is Anti-Pluralism?
Presentation at the trilateral Colloquium of the Departments of Political Theory of the Universities of Darmstadt, Gießen and Mainz
Darmstadt, Germany
May 2023
Kevin Walz
What is Anti-Pluralism, and if so, how many?
Presentation at the Anniversary Conference of the working group Democracy Research of the German Political Science Association (GPSA)
Berlin, Germany
March 2023
Kevin Walz.
Democratic Resilience. Potentials of a New Concept in the Empirical Study of Democracy
Presentation at the Conference Understanding Resiliencies of the Leibniz Institute for Resilience Research and the Roman-Germanic Central Museum
Mainz, Germany
November 2022
Claudia Landwehr, Kevin Walz.
A new game in town - Democratic resilience and the added value of the concept in explaining democratic survival and decline
Presentation at Conference Democracy between new crisis and new challenge
Messina, Italy
October 2022
Johannes Helgest, Lion Merten, Jana Niedringhaus, Matthias Rosenthal, Kevin Walz.
Trainings
Electoral Democracy in Danger?
5-day doctoral Summer School of the CERIUM-FMSH Chair on Global Governance/ Scienes Po including lectures by Markus Wagner, Sarah Birch, Natasha Wunsch, Hannah Werner, and Bert Bakker
Paris, France
July 2023
Process-Tracing Methods
10-day methods training at Radboud Summer School instructed by Derek Beach and Hilde van Meedgenburg
Nijmegen, Netherlands
June 2023
Data Visualization
Short course at Radboud Summer School instructed by Akos Mate
Nijmegen, Netherlands
June 2023
Reproducible Reports with Quarto and RMarkdown
PhD training course instructed by Julia Schulte-Cloos
Mainz, Germany
January 2023
Raw texting and revising
Writing workshop of The General Postgraduate Program (GPP) of University of Mainz
Online
September 2022
Academic Writing in Englisch
2-day writing workshop of The General Postgraduate Program (GPP) of University of Mainz
Online
August 2022
Comparative Research Designs
5-day methods training at Radboud Summer School instructed by Benoit Rihoux
Nijmegen, Netherlands
June 2022
Reading strategies and time management
Writing workshop of The General Postgraduate Program (GPP) of University of Mainz
Online
February 2022
Introduction to R Programming
Workshop at Data Science Summer School of the Hertie School Data Science Lab
Online
July 2021
Basic Training for Tutors
Tutoring and mentoring program KOMPASS of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research
Würzburg, Germany
2018
Organization of Academic Events
Orgainizing the Workshop “How to save Democracy?”
Responsibilites included conception and organization of a 2-day hybrid format workshop on contemporary challenges of democracy, as well as chairing two panels; hosted by the Graduate Research Group Resilient Institutions
Mainz, Germany
March 2023
Organizing the Workshop “Democratic Resilience and its challenges”
Responsibilities included conception and organization of a 1-day hybrid workshop on democratic resilience and challenges of contemporary democracy; hosted by the Graduate Research Group Resilient Institutions
Mainz, Germany
September 2021